Tt,yvg' tf.r. -w MiBaaHOBincaiiapBB JK ?.fU 'iL-.-g WK&'- .s5'L rW4S&-y USSSWS 'A? SV i&j COUNTy Thomas Cat A m tm $1.50 PER YEAR.f CT VOL. I. NO. 15. COLBY, THOMAS COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1885. -JSt'aTf: '.& JL; ip wpp Fff- fsprr -? -m EkbsHbsssssssSU "- -si i- i-l w v1 j -1, A A tV? 3 ! v- I ? 1 --,. i 5 N!7 THE CONDUCTOR'S CAROL. 1 like to aixl by the platform guard At the end of a rushing train. To Trntch the rapid interchange Oriorcn. hill and plain. And see the Iron rails reeled off Like threads from an endles klen. I.lcketr. lankety. tin?! The chords of Iron rlnjj In tune with every Jar Of the swiftly moving car. Mn!c and motion, well combined. Will Kit e relief to a troubled mind. The trees and fences near the track Co llj lujr backward fan, And houses suimin level field Until It seems at last That I alone urn standing still And the world is clnlii) pa-t. Cllckety, claekely, clang! A bridge goes by with a bang-. The time to cros its span Is a jot I...